Canada post is a service not a business. It should never be privatized.

Unless it's for packages does anyone really need junk-mail delivery every day?

Most stuff has like a month for paying off statements and whatnot.

If this is true then 38% should be deported to texas and we can bring in more immigrants to take their place.

Privatization in general doesn't need to be a disaster either as long as good rules are setup, allowing and pushing for competition.

Any core functions for a country (you know, water, electricity, internet) should be under much, much harsher rules to ensure people get good quality of whatever the service is

Internet, for example, is a shitshow in Canada. I'll get twice more for twice less in Mexico with less interruption. Yes, Rogers, you incompetent idiots, I'm looking at you. Telus isn't much better but at least slightly more competent on average

Yeah fuck the idea of bringing in “gig” workers.

Using Gig workers is basically saying “at will employment isn’t shitty enough”

If you need staff employ them.

I’m fine with 3 day a week mail. Even 2 days a week. But I’ll have no part of that gig economy bullshit.

Reduce mail to 3 days a week.

TBH, if it avoids privatization and saves money, I'd be happy getting mail even once a week. Nothing we get by mail is so urgent that a few extra days will destroy lives.

In cases where something is needed urgently, there's courier, express mail, etc. as premium options. Regular "snail mail" isn't meant to be fast.

This is worrying, even with the majority not wanting privatization.

38% of people are brain dead.

It's a service, not a business.

Fuck

That's a terrible fucking idea.

Isn't that about the same percentage that vote conservative every election?

38 percent should go fuck themselves!

Majority support for non union gig workers? Allow me to present my middle finger you no solidarity having, short-sighted worthless fucks.

The postal service in Denmark was opened in 1624.

It was privatized in 2009. It will shut down at the end of 2025.

Interesting, if a bit tangential, that 72% support reducing delivery frequency while Canada Post is trying to increase delivery frequency by doing weekend deliveries.

Personally, I don't understand how many things can be so urgent that it's profitable to deliver as frequently as possible. Surely a single specialised courier for critically fast deliveries (e.g. life saving medicine) would entirely saturate the market.

38% of Canadians have obviously never used Purcolator, our last attempt at privatization.

And if you tried to use Purcolator and they couldn't find your house for pickup, that counts.

38% of people hate their communities, and want everyone but the wealthy to suffer for the crime of being poor.

A fair proportion of our population have been absolutely hoodwinked and brainwashed by the snake-oil promises of conservatism and capitalism, both of which serve only the wealthiest 1%.

You can tell what position a publication supports when they describe slightly more than a third as if it was a majority.

Here in Ireland, the government postal service diversified and now also provides financial services to remain relevant and liquid. You can set up a current account with them, or withdraw cash through a post office if you already have an existing current account with another bank. I think An Post also allows you to buy bonds. They have also even entered mobile carrier service.

Other postal service in many parts of the world should follow the same model to remain relevant. These new additional and modernised services would be beneficial to serve remote communities not easily covered by mobile carriers, banking institutions and/or still rely on traditional mail service.

Fuck that biased title...